Emeritus ProfessorMarj Moodie

Professor Moodie is Deputy Head of Deakin Health Economics. She leads a
research team focused on economic evaluation and priority setting in the
fields of obesity and stroke. She coordinates the NHMRC Centre for Research
Excellence in Obesity and Food Systems.

Professor Marj Moodie is a Principal Research Fellow at Deakin University
where she is Deputy Head (Research) of the Deakin Health Economics. In her
role as a health economist, her work is focussed on economic evaluation and
priority setting, primarily in the field of obesity, NCDs and stroke. She has
conducted the economic evaluation of a range of preventive interventions for
obesity, including several large community-based obesity prevention projects
based in Victoria, Australia and the Pacific. She has been a leading player in
the successful ACE (Assessing Cost-Effectiveness) priority setting studies
around obesity, both in Australia and the United States of America. Associate
Professor Moodie coordinates a team of researchers and PhD students working on
the economics of obesity, and coordinates Deakin University's new Centre for
Research Excellence in Obesity Policy and Food Systems.